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Google wants to make it easier for you to search on your phone and it is bringing its search History feature to your Apple iPhone and Android device. What are the benefits of search History? According to Google: If you’ve enabled search history in your account (tap “Settings” and select “Save Searches” under “Search History”,…
Vonage is trying to make it easier to speak with your Facebook friends on the go and its new iPhone and Android app enables free VoIP calling to your contacts on the world’s largest social network. This isn’t the company’s first mobile VoIP app, but the Vonage Mobile for Facebook app focuses on connecting you…
The upcoming Microsoft Windows Phone 7 may lack true multitasking or copy and paste, but the software giant said it will have killer speech-recognition software that could raise the bar for voice controls. At a keynote for the SpeechTek 2010 Conference, the company reportedly said it will leverage its TellMe purchase to include voice controls…
Look out Apple because Motorola is reportedly prepping a 10-inch Android tablet which will go head-to-head with the iPad. This isn’t the first we’ve heard of an Android tablet but the latest rumors indicate the Motorola Android device will one-up the iPad by including television service from Verizon FiOS. This is all rumored, mind you,…
This shouldn’t be much of a surprise, but ABI Research is saying that more than 60% of mobile phones will have a web browser. Of course, not all web browsers are created equal and the company expects the high-end version like those found on the Apple iPhone, Google Android and even Research In Motion’s new…
An Apple iTunes in the cloud seems like a logical next step for the iPhone maker but we’re still waiting for it to emerge. A few new details have popped up which may show why we don’t yet have a real wireless iTunes option. As you may know, an Apple iTunes in the cloud would…
A lot of the location-based innovation we’re seeing is locked into the Foursquare model of having to “check-in” to locations. This is supposed to to eventually be a boon for retailers because they will be able to target these frequent customers for discounts and services. The mobile app shopkick is tweaking that model a bit…
Rdio is trying to one-up Rhapsody, MOG and mobile music services by slamming some social networking features with its unlimited streaming and downloading of music to smartphones. Like the other music services, Rdio enables users to stream tracks on the desktop or the phone from a catalog of over seven million tracks including the top…
Many were rejoicing this morning as a web-based method to jailbreak your Apple iPhone 4 hit the scenes, but now we’re hearing word that this jailbreaking could open up a nasty security hole in your iOS device. How bad? Well, the Boy Genius says this security hole could enable malicious programmers to get a hold…
The Motorola i1 smartphone is the first Android device for Boost Mobile and it’s one of the most difficult phones for me to review. It packs some decent features like a 5-megapixel camera and push-to-talk capabilities over the iDEN network but it is nowhere near the top shelf of Android where the Motorola Droid X,…